PowerChute Network Shutdown

Reliable network-based shutdown of multiple servers.

PowerChute Network Shutdown works in conjunction with the APC UPS Network Management Card to protect your physical and virtual IT environment from threats to IT availability. Network-based, graceful, unattended shutdown of your physical servers and virtual machines protects data integrity and reduces system downtime when critical events such as extended power outages occur. Its scalable architecture can support a virtually unlimited number of client systems. PowerChute Network Shutdown is easily configurable via a browser interface and supports Single, Redundant and Parallel UPS configurations.

Sequences the shutdown of multiple servers powered by the same UPS to extend runtime for higher priority servers.

Secure communications

Secured web access via HTTPS, as the default, ensures that communication between the device and the client interfaces cannot be interpreted.

Run command file

Run command file on network shutdown sequence as well as start-up sequence.

Operating System Shutdown

Prevents possible data corruption by performing graceful, unattended operating system shutdown in the event of an extended power outage or computer power problem.

Availability

Event logging

Pinpoint the timing and sequence of events leading up to an incident with the event log.

Virtualization

VMware Virtual Appliance

Provides the option to deploy PowerChute as a virtual appliance for ease of installation.

VMware vSphere Plug-in Options

A vSphere plug-in option integrates PowerChute with vCenter Server for ease of management enabling PowerChute monitoring with the vSphere Client. Plug-in options are available for either the vSphere Web Client or vSphere Desktop Client.

Virtual Cluster View

Displays a graphical representation of your Virtual Cluster environment and UPS setup on a single screen to provide an intuitive view of your UPS and Host configuration.

Triggers virtual machine migration to available hosts in the same cluster on a single site or across different geographical locations. The option to control where specific virtual machines get migrated to is available by specifying the target host in either the same cluster or a different cluster.

Virtual Machine Prioritization

Control the order in which virtual machines are migrated, shut down and powered on by moving virtual machines into High, Medium and Low Priority Groups.

VMware vApp Shutdown

Enables shutdown and startup of VMware vApps to control the sequence of virtual machine shutdown/startup.

Microsoft SCVMM Integration

Provides the option to integrate with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and leverage maintenance mode to migrate or save virtual machines when a critical UPS Event occurs.

Supports up to four UPS’s in a Redundant-UPS configuration. All UPS’s in a Redundant Configuration must belong to the same UPS family.

Advanced Redundant UPS Setups

Monitors multiple groups of redundant UPS's; each with configurable redundancy levels such as N+1, N+2 or N+3. Shutdown actions depend on the number of UPS's and the level of redundancy in each UPS setup.

Parallel-UPS configuration support

Recognizes a Parallel-UPS configuration as a single UPS system in the case of actionable events (for UPS devices that are parallel-capable).

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Sizing and run time calculators are based on Watt ratings. VA (Volt-Amp) ratings are also a common method for measuring power but provide less accurate results. On APC.COM, VA values are often shown for convienience and may be entered as input data. However, VA values are always translated into Watts. This translation is done using an approximation formula which assumes that low VA loads have a power factor of around 0.6 and high power loads have a power factor of nearly 1.0, which is representative of typical, (but not all) computing equipment. For highest precision, use Watt values where available.

The translator below shows how VA can be converted to Watts using the APC.COM formula: